Implementing a Virtual Observatory: Models, Frameworks and Tools Todd King1, Raymond Walker1, Steven

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Implementing a Virtual Observatory Models,
Frameworks and Tools Todd King1, Raymond
Walker1, Steven Joy1,Jan Merka2, Jim Thieman2,
Aaron Roberts2(1) Institute of Geophysics and
Planetary Physics, UCLA (2) Goddard Space
Flight Center
Navigating todays Space Physics
data environment feels like youve been dropped
into Eschers Relativity.
You are here
There must be a better way.and its called a
Virtual Observatory
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• What we know
• What we have
• In Heliophysics
• SPASE
• VxO
• a lot of activity
• What we need
• Standards
• Deployment
• Integration
• What we've learned
• How long it takes
• Expectations